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From: Melanie Crain <>
Subject: Re: [APG] Bounty Land for Rev. War
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:06:29 -0500
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I have one example:

The State of Tennessee--[probably Survey] No. 2507
To all whom these presents shall come, Greeting;
Know ye, that by virtue of part of a declarent, dated the 10th day
ofJanuary 1794, ___ to William Dalton a Trumpeter in the battalion of
troops raised pursuance to an act of the General Assembly of the State
of North Carolina for the protection of the inhabitants of Davidson
County [NC] and entered on the 10th day of September 1810 by ____ as an
occupant claim under the law of 1807. There granted by the said State
of Tennessee William Dalton a certain tract or parcel of land
containing two hundred and fourteen acres lying in Jackson County in
the first District on Cane Creek- beginning in the North boundary line
of a survey of William Kings Sen hundred and forty acre tract, about
forty poles west of where said line crosses Cane Creek at two post
oaks, thence running North one hundred and ninety poles, thence South
one hundred and ninety poles to two black oaks in, in Kings line Thence
West with said line one hundred and eighty poles to the beginning ,
including the improvements upon the said Carter now lives- Surveyed

The James Carter who had the land surveyed, probably purchased a bounty
warrant from Dalton. The acreage doesn't make sense unless Dalton or
Carter added acreage to the original grant. The Survey traveled with
James Carter when he later moved to Fannin County, Texas.; and the
Carter family once had this document in their possession in Texas. No
documentation came with the transcription I was given; no date was
provided.

Comments or interpretations are welcomed.

Melanie Crain


On Feb 22, 2005, at 6:08 PM, Barbara Vines Little, CG wrote:

> Revolutionary War bounty land for Virginia service was awarded in
> either the Kentucky or Ohio military district. However, one must be
> careful, much of the Virginia military bounty land for service in the
> French and Indian War was awarded post 1779 and this can create some
> confusion since it frequently references service under Washington. The
> land awarded for F & I service was located primarily in southwest
> Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia. It is possible that mistaken
> boundaries could have allowed land to have been located in North
> Carolina, but this is unlikely. You may wish to check Bockstruck's
> book on bounty land for additional information. Some states, I don't
> think NC was one of them, awarded land for service in other states.
>
> Barbara Vines Little, CG
> Dominion Research Services
> PO Box 1273
> Orange, VA 22960
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> wrote:
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>> In a message dated 2/22/2005 4:55:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>> writes:
>>
>> Could a veteran who had served in the American
>> Revolution with a regiment in Virginia possibly have
>> received a land bounty for land located within the
>> boundary of the State of North Carolina. Or, would his
>> bounty have been for land elsewhere?
>>
>>
>>
>> Most of the Bounty Lands for service in VA would have been in the
>> military districts in Kentucky and Ohio.
>> The best source on this subject (and the one I'm referring to in my
>> replies) is Lloyd DeWitt Bockstruck's book Revolutionary War Bounty
>> Land Grants Awarded by State Governments. You might want to hunt up
>> a copy of that book for more detailed information.
>> Joan
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